Articles written by: Roger Allaway

The Historian of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, Roger worked for more than 30 years as a newspaperman in Detroit, Toledo, and Philadelphia, finishing his career as a copy editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer. He is past president of the Society for American Soccer History. Check out his Big Soccer blog for more soccer history.

In the 1960 US Open Cup final, Philadelphia’s Ukrainian Nationals came from behind three times over 120 minutes to win the championship with Mike Noha scoring all five of the Uke Nats goals. Roger Allaway has the story.